Necessary Fraud: Progressive Reform and Utah Coal (LEGAL HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICA)

A legal history of land fraud in Utah's turn-of-the-century coal fields, intertwining national, regional, and local events and reflecting the era of progressive reform. Traces a series of coal-land cases as Congress struggled to reform the Coal Land Act of 1873, describing the collusion between railroads and coal companies, President T. Roosevelt's involvement, and the actions of the State of Utah and the Mormon Church. Includes b&w photos. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.